Exeter's Kvesic still has England hopespublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Exeter back-row forward Matt Kvesic says it is his renewed love for the game that has helped prompt talk of an England recall.
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Seventy firefighters tackle garage blaze
Man, 102, stuck on roof died of pneumonia
Pair released on bail following child neglect arrest
Devon charity 'saved' by £10k mystery donation
Russian cargo ship detained in Falmouth
Januhairy: Why women are growing out their body hair
Updates on Friday 4 January 2019
Exeter's Kvesic still has England hopespublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Lane closures on A380 for repair work to damaged barrierpublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineRepair work is due to start later on a 100m-stretch of safety barrier on the A380 near Kingsteignton.
The central barrier - between Eagle Farm and Ideford Dip - was damaged after a lorry crashed into it on Thursday.
Commuters are being warned to expect major delays at peak times with lane closures in place.
Devon County Council said it hopes to reopen both lanes by the end of Saturday.
Image source, Devon County CouncilDevon travel: A377 partially blocked by accidentpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
- In Umberleigh, the A377 is partially blocked near Rock Hill due to an accident.
- In Torquay, on Hele Road - near the junction with Riviera Way - there's a box of nails on the road. Approach with care.
'Why I am growing my body hair'published at 09:26 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Januhairy is a month-long campaign encouraging women to "love and accept" their natural body hair.
Read MoreWeather: Largely dry day with sunny spellspublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
It will be a largely dry day with variable, often large, amounts of cloud around.
Some bright or sunny spells should break through at times.
Maximum temperature: 8C (46F).
'Very intense' Redruth garage fire now outpublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A fire that broke out in a garage in Redruth overnight is now out, a fire service has said.
It started just before 02:00 at Bucketts Hill - a turning off Falmouth Road.
Several cars have been destroyed and there were fears originally that gas canisters and fuel stores were under threat.
The damping down of hot spots is continuing. No-one was injured.
Firefighter, Stuart Whitworth, said earlier the fire was "very intense" and could be seen from the A30...
Red squirrels could return to South West in 2019published at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Adrian Campbell, Environment Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
Red squirrels could make a comeback to the South West in 2019 - thanks to a new form of contraception for their grey cousins.
Conservationists and a number of land owners, including Prince Charles, wants to help reintroduce them back into some isolated pockets of the region.
Conservationist Mish Kennaway says the contraception is "a big part of the future for the balance of the two species."
Quote MessageIt’s amazing science, putting a contraception into a cell the size of a protein cell, which then goes into something that's digestible by grey squirrels. It's specific because they don't want to sterilise the entire countryside. Grey squirrels would feed on feeders out in the wild in the woodlands and would be sterilised for two or three years and that quite quickly starts to collapse populations."
Mish Kennaway, Escot Park
The strategy has already been tried and tested in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
A major conference at the University of Exeter , externalin April will focus on ways of reducing the grey squirrel population in the South West with the hope of using parts of the region as hubs, from which red squirrels can re-establish.
The conference also aims to develop a national conservation strategy to prevent the red squirrel from dying out all together.
January shoppers a late boost for high streetspublished at 08:49 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
The region's retailers are counting their Christmas takings, with many reporting a late surge of shoppers boosting profits.
Stores have been forced to offer big discounts in the January sales to tempt customers out on to the high streets, and away from online shopping.
Quote MessagePreviously, in the run up to Christmas, everyone was happy to spend all their money and buy everything full price. Now, we are much less likely to buy things unless they are at a discount, and you won't go anywhere near a shop unless it's offering 20% or 30% off, so this has really been a Christmas of massive discounting."
Sarah Coles, Personal Finance Expert
Seventy firefighters tackle garage blazepublished at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Naomi Kennedy
BBC Radio Cornwall
Seventy firefighters from eight fire engines tackled a fire in Redruth overnight.
It broke out in the early hours at a garage in Bucketts Hill.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said it received numerous calls just before 02:00, alerting them to a major fire on the south side of Redruth in Trewirgie.
The garage was well alight when they arrived at the scene, the fire service said.
Bucketts Hill is a turning off Falmouth Road - and there's a petrol station at the junction. It might explain why eight fire engines were called out from as far away as Penzance and St Dennis.
Crews were still fighting the fire at 04:00.
Bucketts Hill is closed to traffic and motorists are being advised to avoid the area. No-one was injured.
Devon charity 'saved' by £10k mystery donationpublished at 08:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
A mystery benefactor has helped save a charity in North Devon that supports the elderly and vulnerable.
A last minute donation of £10,000 means Age Concern Barnstaple now has the £25,000 it needs to stay open.
Image source, GoogleThe charity holds regular coffee mornings for local people, many of whom are in their 80s, and has about 70 volunteers that carry out home visits to help people to live independently.
A crowdfunding campaign launched by the town's mayor has raised more than £16,000, including another anonymous single donation of £5,000.
A39 crash: Pair with 'life-changing injuries' airliftedpublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2019
Two people had to be airlifted to hospital after a crash on the A39.
It happened between St Kew Highway and Wadebridge and involved two cars - one with a family in it. The road was closed for a substantial period.
Police say two people have suffered life-changing injuries.
